http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Sweden/Uppsala-County/Uppsala/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Europe , Sweden , Uppsala County , Uppsala en-us Thu, 20 Jun 2013 11:35:16 +0000 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 11:35:16 +0000 LATINOAMERIKA omfattar ungefr 21 lnder som delar historia kultur sprk och blandat folk. ven dessa lnder har egna traditioner och dialekt folket ger varandra musik konst och humor till och med de politiska och ekonomiska systemen. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Sweden/Uppsala-County/Uppsala/blog-703004.html my last day in Sweden i took the train an hour north to the Oxford of Sweden Uppsala so says my Rough Guide anyway. so glad i did. easily one of the highlights of the trip. the comparison to Oxford is a bit of a stretch but it is very compact and life does center around Uppsala University. inside the Carolina Rediviva which is the university library is a nottobemissed exhibition http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Sweden/Uppsala-County/Uppsala/blog-617188.html Stayed up late last night listening to the SENS game unfortunately the website I usually stream games from wasn't working so I had to listen to the Team 1200 broadcast. It's better than nothing but Dave Schreiber and Gord Wilson aren't exactly the best commentators to say the least they always make it sound like the SENS are getting screwed by the refshave an excuse for every bad play but it ge http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Sweden/Uppsala-County/Uppsala/blog-563551.html Instead of telling the same stories about my semester abroad over again to different people I figured it would be easiest to keep a blog about it so people could just read and get a more detailed idea of what my time over here has and will be like. I arrived here on January 15th and have been keeping a rough journal I guess you could call it in a word file but I might as well make it public so its http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Sweden/Uppsala-County/Uppsala/blog-563342.html People love to say it I love to say it. In fact it's the German word for Oops so Germans probably love it too. A friend of mine told me recently that they even like typing it. The fact is Uppsala has the rare and elusive double header of being a charming place with a lovely sounding name to go with it. Very lovely place indeed especially in winter but more on the city itself later. Today we http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Sweden/Uppsala-County/Uppsala/blog-557010.html The International Humanity Foundation IHF is seeking forwardthinking dynamic individuals of all agesbackgrounds to contribute to our orphanage and education centers in Kenya Thailand or Indonesia. IHF has grown over the past 25 years under the visionary leadership of Carol Sasaki CEO and the dedication of thousands of volunteers from around the world.IHF is distinct from other NGOs in th http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Sweden/Uppsala-County/Uppsala/Enkoping/blog-547266.html 13th August 2010 Uppsala71 km north of Copenhagen is the city of Uppsala known for its Cathedral Castle and University. The hour drive in the car gave Oom Gerrit and Mamma a wellneeded rest and time for me to somehow recover from my lostwalletordeal. Activity in old town was dwindling down as locals were locking their stores. We strolled around and discovered that we had an hour to visit t http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Sweden/Uppsala-County/Uppsala/blog-534033.html Zwar schien an unserem letzten Tag in Stockholm die Sonne geweckt wurden wir von ihr jedoch schon wieder nicht. Mit der Feststellung dass Fenster doch ziemlich fein sind schafften wir es wieder mal gerade noch vor der CheckOutTime aus unserem Hostel zu kommen.Dann starteten wir aber los Mit der UBahn ging es flink zum Bahnhof wo wir nach einiger Suche unser Gepaeck abliefern konnten und http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Sweden/Uppsala-County/Uppsala/blog-518190.html I'm attaching random photos from our days in Uppsala. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Sweden/Uppsala-County/Uppsala/blog-505855.html So we got up early and went to Bre's for the final cleanup then off to Stockholm to drop off the car. Stockholm is a crazy city to get around. Bridges and tunnels everywhere. Yah and try to say the names of the streets. Lastmakargatan Stora Nygatan Tegnergatan... Bre just laughs when we try. Oh well. We had to fill up the car and Ted put in E85 for the Toyota we were driving. Not realizing that http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Sweden/Uppsala-County/Uppsala/blog-505854.html So up again early to head out to Lake Malaran for a BBQ with Bre. We stopped by the market for a onetime BBQ some steaks grill cheese fruit and such. Yes they have grill cheese. You actually throw it on the grill for a few minutes to get grill marks and then slice it up. It's like Tillamook squeeky cheese. Weird but good. We seemed to have gotten a defective grill cuz it took about an hour f http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Sweden/Uppsala-County/Uppsala/blog-505014.html 800am never came so soon I could have slept another few hours but we have things to do and places to go. We are staying at a nice home with a great host Kristina. She makes sure we have fresh baked bread and sliced cheese each morning for breakfast. The typical breakfast is bread meat and cheeses or yougart and granola. We have the whole half of the house. It kind of like a duplex. They have a http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Sweden/Uppsala-County/Uppsala/blog-505009.html This day was a blur. 18 hours of travel time does wonders to your mental state.Bre met us at the airport around 1230am Sweden time. About 1030pm at home. Because we couldn't get into our BB until 530pm we went to Bre's appartment and changed clothes and decided to check out downtown Uppsala. We stopped by the river for lunch and watch the bike riders. Biking is a big thing here. Too tired to d http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Sweden/Uppsala-County/Uppsala/blog-505000.html So I've taken a break from packing and getting the house in order to get my blog started. I blew off doing one when we went to Chile and I really wish now I had spent the time to get one done then so I'm making sure I get one done this time. We start out around 900am in the morning to Seattle fly to Paris fly to Stockholm and met Bre at the airport. Can't wait to see her Not that I don't Skype http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Sweden/Uppsala-County/Uppsala/blog-503901.html worldmapmaker.com begin map html div classwmmmap stylewidth382pxpadding2pxfontsize11pxcolorgreyfontfamilysansserifbackgroundcolorfffh1 stylemargin4pxtextaligncenterEdit This Titleh1img srchttpwww.worldmapmaker.comimagesworld382179370.png idmapimage classmap titleEdit This Title usemapworldhotspots377 styleborder0cursorcro http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Sweden/Uppsala-County/Uppsala/blog-483815.html After two and a half months in Sweden I felt the need to spread my wings a little outside the confines of Stockholm and its inner archipelago well Vaxholm to be precise. New partner in crime Rachel was up for a weekend away so we set off to Swedens fourth largest city Uppsala.Uppsala is a city famous for its university its cathedral and as the longtime home of Carl Linnaeus for the forg http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Sweden/Uppsala-County/Uppsala/blog-420064.html today we packed it in and took the train where a friend picked us up. we went to a viking museum and church viking burial ground where cheiftans were buried under hugh mounds I think with their ships and assorted stuff. then we went to the university and to the kings palace and then over to Gabor's house for dinner. His wife is from Srilanka and fixed us a home town dinner. great and now w http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Sweden/Uppsala-County/Uppsala/blog-417928.html 29609We arrived back in Uppsala in the early afternoon. Our friends had made plans to go for a swim at the lake which sounded great as it was quite hot. We got ourselves organised and drove down Linnea had her mum's fancy black convertable car and Karen went with her.It's funny how Scandinavians make the most of what little Sun they get by flocking to small grassymuddy beaches. We had a nice http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Sweden/Uppsala-County/Uppsala/blog-416894.html OverviewWe mainly came to Uppsala to meet some friends by proxy for Midsummer's Eve. It was a great party and everyone has been wonderful. We've even had some nice sunny weather which has been just dandy The first half of our time here we spent with Jen and she's been really good to us. She's shown us around and explained the history of the town. She also organised a night at Buddy's bar to i http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Sweden/Uppsala-County/Uppsala/blog-410584.html I arrived in Uppsala safe and sound with a little help from Oskar and Anna. If they had not agreed to drive me to the train station I would have had to drag my huge bags two miles along the road in the pouring rain so I was very happy for their helpUppsala is a university town with about 200000 people so it is significantly larger than Mora. The hospital is a University Hospital so the doctor http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Sweden/Uppsala-County/Uppsala/blog-409196.html